ad Vol. 4, Issue No. 27 Inside ‘this week’s Terrace Review UNANIMOUS: Terrace H&H Builders is the con- tractor of choice for the Terraceview extended care wing, and now it’s up to Victoria to give ap- proval... page 2. SUMMER HOCKEY: This year's summer hockey school In Terrace looks like the best ever... page 9. AWARDS: As a fitting close to the school year, Thornhili and Skeena junior secondary schools honored their top students last week... pages 10 and 17. Business Guide 542 Church Directory 16 ClassifiedAds: - 19 — 22 Coming Events 14 Comics Crossword — Dining Directory Editorial a Entertainment ~“F Horoscope: Letters 0. > Sports... ‘Talk of the Town ‘Weather Oo a TERRACE — A city-sponsored farewell dinner held at Heritage Park last Sunday evening for a 13-member Nippon Television Network (NTN) crew was a tremendous success, And if there was ever any question as to our community being a Super- - host city, Japanese tour guide Nobby Komeya of Anglers In- ternational gives Terrace top marks. by Tod Strachan “We are very appreciative of the people who live in Terrace,” said Komeya. “‘It’s very hospij- able and very warm,.”’ And that fact, combined with beautiful scenery and great fishing in the ‘Northwest, is why he'll be com- ing back with Japanese fishing tours. Komeya explained that there is no sports fishing in Japan — ‘rivers and streams are protected by the government, and salt water fishing is restricted to commercial fishing. only. Therefore, the Japanese are forced to travel world wide if _ they are to experience the thrill of catching ‘the big ones’’. In the past, Komeya said that places like Ancliorage, Alaska, and B.C. areas like Kamloops and Campbell Rivet have been Legislative Library, Parliament Buildings, @. Victoria, B.C. VSV 1X4 WN LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED NEWSPAPER . TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, July 6, 1988 |) Japanese actress Mami Kumaga - Sande for his toe-tapping entertainment of fiddle music at the close of the farewell dinner i thanked 88-year-old Ernie held at Heritage Park for the 13-member Nippon Television Network crew Sunday. _ Terrace gets rave reviews from Japanese film crew | popular destinations. But now that he’s discovered the North- west and what it has to offer, those. destinations have lost some of their appeal. He said that he was pleased with the quality of guiding, the variety of activities and the types of fishing available, When asked what the best part of his North- west tour was, he replied, ‘‘It’s kind of hard to say. We saw so many things... we would like to stay longer and we would like to challenge more big fish — that’s for sure.” _ Roy Greening of Skeena Holidays Ltd., who organized the Northwest component of the tour, said they tried to put a package together that would of- fer the NPN something they wouldn't find anywhere else. And from the reaction of the Japanese, they obviously suc- ceeded. They toured the area from Smithers to the Douglas Chan- nel. And horseback riding at a homestead ranch in Kispiox and the farewell dinner at Heritage Park were just two of the things that made the trip unique. ‘‘They’ve been to other parts of North America and have been disappointed,’”’ said Greening. *+And | think this is a very new area to them, and | think that a lot of them want to come back. They’ve enjoyed this type of fishing and I think they realize. that this area has great potential for fishing.” The farewell dinner was prepared by Northwest Com- munity College, and by request featured typical Canadian foods on a menu which included barbecued salmon, baked beans, Mulligatawny stew, baking soda biscuits as well as a variety of homemade desserts such as berry pies, canned fruit and maple syrup tarts. Entertainment for the evening was provided by Ginny Lowrie with singers Jennifer Zuchiatti, Romy Maikapar, Joanne Green- ing and Tina Hovenkamp, the Skeena Squares square dancing club and Ernie Sande on the fid- dle. The evening was taped by NTN and portions of it may become a part of their finished product, a 90-minute documen- tary. . . The NTN Fishing in the World series travels worldwide in order to introduce Japanese viewers to some of the best sports fishing areas available. The Canadian show will be aired nationally in Japan on July 17. pad. in December. Terrace Youth Soccer Association president Don Highe has a copy of an agree- ment signed on June 27, 1984, by the TYSA and the District of Terrace which defines their relative relationships to Christy | Park. And on the basis of that agreement he says he doesn’t understand why TYSA is meeting opposition to the com- pletion of their project. by Tod Strachan The agreement outlines a five- year development program beginning in 1984 to construct, at TYSA cost, a “‘top quality soccer facility’? at Christy Park. And although Highe says a “‘top quality soccer facility’’ requires at least five fields in order to host a tournament, the city down-sized the original proposal to three fields, but he says it was the intention of the agreement to add two more fields when the in- itial phase was completed. Therefore, after completion of the first three fields last year, TYSA requested permission from the city to proceed with the construction of two additional fields on the northern part of the ‘park. But Highe says their re- _quest not only hasn’t been look- ed at, it seems to have disap- peared entirely — and a last minute proposal by the Terrace Northmen Rugby Club to move the Mills Memorial Hospital " ‘is. new. blood ... meaning new nurses’ residence to the northern part of the park as a clubhouse now seems to be at the forefront _of discussion. * However, the agreement states that TYSA has agreed to Shames cheques in After weeks of anticipation, the Shames Moun- tain Ski Corporation has received the boost of "| - capital funding that will get it off the launching J. Shames Mountain manager Dennis Lissimore. ° said Monday that a cheque from the federal: | government arrived, giving the company the loan — for $502,000 of joint federal and provincial money they were waiting for. ‘‘This triggers all the fi- nancing... the Venture Capital Corporation, bank loans, lines of credit,’’ he said. — Lissimore indicated that work will commence im- . mediately on the ski area west of Terrace, with road-building, land clearing and the transportation of equipment from the defunct Kitsumkalum Ski Hill. He said the new resort will definitely be open open this winter and forecast completion sometime | The government financing comes in the form of a low-interest loan, and Lissimore said the delay occurred in the office of the Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, the Hon. Bernard de Valcourt. ‘It probably had to cross every desk in Ottawa,’ Lissimore remarked. Youth Soccer rep upset over Christy Park delay _ may need one day, Join the 50 CENTS | involve and consult with the rugby association and the Field — Hockey Association during con- struction of the fields, ‘‘so that all interests are considered dur- ing development of the park’’. _ But, as Highe points out, the rugby association went directly to the city with their clubhouse proposal without even discuss- ing it with TYSA. And under the agreement the city should have referred the rugby association to TYSA who would then, if a con- sensus was reached, bring the proposal before council. Highe says a consensus would never have been reached. He says that the two additional fields are a priority in order to have the park tournament ready. A clubhouse with washroom facilities would be nice, but Highe points out that TYSA has been using the school fields for . years without any facilities, and it has never caused a problem. Further, he refers to the pro- continued on page 23 Blood donor clinic today — There’s a Red Cross blood donor clinic today, Wednes- day, July 6, 1988 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Skeena’ Junior High School gym- nasium, 3411 Munroe St. What the world needs now | blood donors. Only one in 10 people donates the blood we | regular life-savers at this blood donor clinic. Pe